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Tuesday, July 14, 2015

Hostile Takeover, the sequel to The Interns Handbook - Spotlight!

I would like to share Hostile
Takeover (Simon & Schuster;
July 14) with you, the sequel to Shane Kuhn’s international bestselling
thriller and soon to be a major motion
picture, The Interns Handbook starring Dave Franco. Full
of suspense, thrills, and dark humor, Kuhn’s infamous protagonist
and proficient assassin, John Lago, has returned for an even more gripping
thriller that you won’t be able to put down!

John Lago is forced to return to the position
he swore her never return to again: the intern. After his wife Alice takes on a
new target, John will have to fight by her side in order to save Human Resources,
Inc. and their marriage.

ABOUT HOSTILE TAKEOVER:

Professional assassin John Lago faces off against
his deadliest adversary yet—his wife—in Hostile Takeover, the exciting sequel
to Shane Kuhn’s bestselling debut The Intern’s Handbook, which the New York
Post called “a sexy, darkly comic thriller.”

At the end of The Intern’s Handbook, John tracks
down his nemesis Alice but instead of putting a bullet in her head, he puts a
ring on her finger and marries her. Together, they execute a hostile takeover
of Human Resources, Inc., the “placement agency” that trains young assassins to
infiltrate corporations disguised as interns and knock off high profile
targets. As HR’s former top operatives, they are successful until conflicting
management styles cause an ugly breakup that locks John out of the bedroom and
the boardroom. But when Alice takes on a new HR target, John
is forced to return to the office battlefield in a role he swore he would never
play again: the intern. What starts out as a deadly showdown turns into the two
of them fighting side by side to save HR, Inc.—and their marriage. “Those
who like Dexter will love John Lago” (Booklist), and in Shane Kuhn’s sequel to
The Intern’s Handbook, readers will be rooting for this smart, witty antihero
to come out on top.

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John Lago spends the majority of his time sucking up to hedge fund big wigs and powerful lawyers by making copies and brewing perfect cups of coffee. He could tell his superiors his name a hundred times and they would still forget it because they have no respect for someone at the bottom of the barrel, working for free. The irony is that they will heap important duties with total abandon and unlimited access; but what they don’t know is that there is more to John Lago than just an intern…

** Soon to be a Major Motion Picture by Sony Pictures, with Dave Franco (Neighbors, 21 Jump Street) attached to star **

One of the best books of 2014, coming in a new trade paperback edition

this February 2015!

Simon & Schuster

About THE INTERN'S HANDBOOK

John Lago is a very bad guy. But he’s the very best at what he does. And what he does is infiltrate top-level companies and assassinate crooked executives while disguised as an intern. That’s the secret behind HR, Inc., the elite “placement agency” that doubles as a network of assassins for hire who take down high-profile targets that wouldn’t be able to remember an intern’s name if their lives depended on it.

At the ripe old age of almost twenty-five, John Lago is nearing his mandatory retirement with HR Inc. His last assignment is at New York City’s most prestigious law firm on assignment to assassinate one of the firm’s most heavily guarded partners.

Part confessional, part DIY manual, The Intern’s Handbook chronicles John’s final assignment, a twisted thrill ride in which he is pitted against the toughest – and sexiest – adversary he’s ever faced: Alice, an FBI agent assigned to take down the same law partner he’s been assigned to kill.

About SHANE KUHN

Shane Kuhn is a writer and filmmaker with twenty
years of experience working in the entertainment business and the ad world. In
feature film, he has writing credits with Universal, Paramount, Sony, and Fox,
and a writing and directing credit with Lionsgate. In the world of independent
film, he is one of the four original founders of the Slamdance Film Festival
and currently serves as an Executive Board member of Slamdance, Inc. A
shameless product pusher in the ad world, he has worked as a copywriter,
creative director, and broadcast video director and producer for several
notable brands and charitable organizations.

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